Barbaric means uncultured, uncivilized. Semi-barbaric means almost completely uncultured, almost completely uncivilized. The prefix semi means half, as in semicircle and semi-autobiographical.. Views.
Fort Hood shooting: gunman among 4 dead. FORT HOOD, Texas - A soldier being treated for mental health issues opened fire Wednesday with a semiautomatic weapon at Fort Hood, killing three people and wounding several others before taking his own life as a military policewoman confronted him, officials said.
I do not think his service to his country prior to the Slaveholder's Rebellion should be held against him or forgotten, and by naming Fort Hood in Texas after John Bell Hood the U. S. military is showing respect for John Bell Hood the soldier. Source(s): History and a copy of 'Advance and Retreat' - John Bell Hood.